Kansas Football Notes Media Relations * Allen Fieldhouse * 1651 Naismith Drive * Lawrence, KS 66045 Mike Strauss, Football Contact (785) 864-3420 * Fax (785) 864-7944 * www.kuathletics.com Game #7 at Oklahoma Oct. 12, 2008 Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, 2:30 p.m. Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial (82,112) #16/15/16 Kansas To Travel To #4/6/4 Oklahoma Norman, Okla. QUICKLY -- #16 Associated Press/15 Coaches/16 Harris Polls Kansas (5-1 overall, 2-0 Big 12) will travel to Radio: Jayhawk Network Norman, Okla. to face the #4/6/4 Oklahoma (5-1 overall, 1-1 Big 12) in a game that will be televised on ABC at www.kuathletics.com 2:30 p.m... Kansas has won 17 of its last 19 and 20 of its last 23 games... KU has won nine of its last 10 Big 12 TV: ABC games... KU has won five straight and six of its last seven Big 12 road games... KU is 16-3 in its last 19 games as a ranked team... KU is 3-3 in its last six games vs. ranked teams... Kansas is 8-18 all-time in games played Live Stats www.kuathletics.com on ABC, including a 2-1 mark last season (defeated Oklahoma State and Iowa State and lost to Missouri)... Saturday’s game at Oklahoma is the only road game in a four-game stretch for Kansas, which was at home Tickets: 1-800-34-HAWKS against Colorado last Saturday and will host Texas Tech and Kansas State in the two weeks after this game. or (785) 864-3141 www.kuathletics.com KU VS. RANKED TEAMS IN THE MANGINO ERA -- Kansas is 4-9 against Associated Press ranked teams in the Mark Mangino era with victories against #23 Missouri (35-14) in 2003, #25 Iowa KU SID: Mike Strauss State (24-21 ot) in 2005, and #24 Kansas State (30-24) and #5 Virginia Tech (24-21) in 2007. KU is 0-1 vs. (785) 864-3420 ranked teams this season, falling at then #19 South Florida 37-34 on a field goal on the final play of the game. [email protected] Prior to Mangino’s arrival, Kansas won four games against ranked teams in 32 such contests. www.kuathletics.com RANKED KANSAS VS. RANKED OPPONENTS -- Saturday’s game will mark just the fourth OU SID: Kenny Mossman time since the 1995 season that a ranked Kansas team played a ranked opponent. All three recent games (405) 325-8231 were decided by one score. Kansas is 9-17 all-time in games where both teams were ranked. Here is a look [email protected] at those contests since 1995 when #11 Kansas defeated #25 UCLA 51-30 in the Aloha Bowl. www.soonersports.com 2007 - #2 Kansas vs. #3 Missouri, L 28-36 #16 Kansas (5-1, 2-0 Big 12) 2008 Orange Bowl - #8 Kansas vs. #5 Virginia Tech, W 24-21 Aug. 30 FIU (14/NR) W 40-10 2008 - #13 Kansas at #19 South Florida, L 34-37 Sept. 6 LOUISIANA TECH (FSN) (14/NR) W 29-0 Sept. 12 at South Florida (ESPN2) (13/19) L 34-37 LAST TIME OUT -- Kansas junior Jake Sharp rushed for 118 yards on a career-high 31 carries and Sept. 20 SAM HOUSTON (FCS) (19/NR) W 38-14 scored a personal-best three touchdowns to lead #16 Kansas to a 30-14 victory against Colorado at Kivisto Oct. 4 *at Iowa State (Versus) (16/NR) W 35-33 Field at Memorial Stadium Saturday. Sharp’s 118 rushing yards were a season high for a KU running back Oct. 11 *COLORADO (ESPN2) (16/NR) W 30-14 and the second highest of his career behind his 127 yards against Toledo last season. His 31 attempts were Oct. 18 *at Oklahoma (ABC) (16/4) 2:30 pm the most by a Jayhawk since Jon Cornish also had 31 attempts against Nebraska in 2006 and his three touch- Oct. 25 *TEXAS TECH downs tied for sixth-best in school history. Sharp has now rushed for 197 yards in his last two games. Not to Nov. 1 *KANSAS STATE be overshadowed by Sharp’s performance was the effort of KU’s defense, which held Colorado to 233 yards of Nov. 8 *at Nebraska total offense, nearly 100 yards shy of its 325 per game average. The defense also came up with two intercep- Nov. 15 *TEXAS tions on the day. KU quarterback Todd Reesing completed 27 passes on 34 attempts with one touchdown Nov. 29 *vs. Missouri (FSN) 11:30 a.m. or 2 p.m. and no interceptions for 256 yards. The junior moved into second on the KU total offense career list, currently (at Kansas City, Mo.) with 6,084 yards. Junior wide receiver Kerry Meier caught nine Reesing passes for 94 yards to mark the fourth NOTES: * - Big 12 Game; All Times Are Central game this season he had nine or more receptions in a game. Kansas scored 14 fourth-quarter points on two (KU/Opponent AP Rank) Sharp touchdowns to extend a 16-14 lead en route to the victory. #4 Oklahoma (5-1, 1-1 Big 12) UP NEXT -- It is homecoming in Lawrence when Kansas hosts Texas Tech on Oct. 25. Texas Tech is Aug. 30 CHATTANOOGA W 57-2 ranked seventh by the Associated Press and plays at Texas A&M this Saturday before coming to Lawrence. Sept. 6 CINCINNATI W 52-26 Sept. 13 at Washington W 55-14 DID YOU KNOW? -- Kansas has started Big 12 play 2-0 for just the third time in the 13 years of the Sept. 27 TEXAS CHRISTIAN W 35-10 league (second year in a row) and will be looking for a 3-0 Big 12 mark for just the second time and second Oct. 4 at Baylor W 49-17 year in a row (Kansas was 7-0 in Big 12 play last season before losing its final league game). Oct. 11 vs. Texas (Dallas) L 35-45 Oct. 18 KANSAS DID YOU KNOW? -- While Kansas owns the nation’s fourth-longest active home field winning streak Oct. 25 at Kansas State at 13 games, the Jayhawks will be looking to end the country’s longest current home winning streak at Nor- Nov. 1 NEBRASKA man, as Oklahoma has won 20 straight at home. Boise State and BYU have each won 16 consecutive home Nov. 8 at Texas A&M games. Nov. 22 TEXAS TECH Nov. 29 at Oklahoma State Weekly Supplemental Notes will be available Thursdays at www.kuathletics.com www.kuathletics.com 2008 KANSAS FOOTBALL 2 Kansas Media Information HEAD COACH MARK MANGINO -- Mark Mangino (Youngstown State, 1987) is in his seventh season at Kansas and seventh overall as a collegiate head coach with a 42-37 record... He was the consensus Credential Requests National Coach of the Year in 2007 after guiding Kansas to a school-record 12 wins... He is the first coach Media may request credentials to Kansas home in history to win the Broyles National Assistant Coach of the Year honor (won in 2000 while at Oklahoma) games through an on-line credential request system. and a National Head Coach of the Year honor... He has been a part of 12 bowl games in his last 15 years of Contact the KU Media Relations office (Erin Penning coaching... He inherited a program which did not have a winning season for six straight years and has won at [email protected] or Mike Strauss at mstrauss@ at least six games in four of the last five seasons... He is the first coach in KU history to lead the Jayhawks ku.edu) for the link. to three bowl games... In his first six years, KU placed 41 of its players on the Academic All-Big 12 Team, including 14 in 2007... In his first six years, KU landed 63 players on All-Big 12 postseason teams, including Weekly Press Release A weekly press release will be available on the 14 in 2007... Five Jayhawks have earned Associated Press All-America honors in his tenure... Prior to coming Kansas Athletics website at www.kuathletics.com to KU, Mangino spent three seasons (1999-2001) at Oklahoma, including the final two years as the offensive by noon each Monday. Supplemental game notes coordinator... He also coached at Kansas State from 1991-98... Other coaching stints include New Castle (Pa.) will be available on the site on Thursday afternoon High School (1981-84), Youngstown State (1985-86), Geneva College (1987-89) and Ellwood City (Pa.) High each game week as well. The press releases will School (1990). be e-mailed to the regular Kansas e-mail list and on request. Mangino Year-By-Year At Kansas Year All Big 12 Bowl Weekly Press Conference 2002 2-10 0-8 / 6th North A weekly press conference will be held in the 2003 6-7 3-5 / t4th North Tangerine (L 26-56 vs. North Carolina State) Mrkonic Auditorium in the Anderson Family Football 2004 4-7 2-6 / t5th North Complex adjacent to the stadium each Tuesday of 2005 7-5 3-5 / 5th North Fort Worth (W 42-13 vs. Houston) game weeks. The press conference will begin at 2006 6-6 3-5 / 4th North noon with Coach Mangino before players will be made available. Player requests should be made 2007 12-1 7-1 / t1st North Orange (W 24-21 vs. Virginia Tech) to Mike Strauss ([email protected]) by noon on 2008 5-1 2-0 Mondays.